From 8394673b3cd53a768b535e825fbf2d82c2f8ccdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan De Faoite <dylanseandefaoite@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:20:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: posts_per_day and comments_per_day endpoints in Flask

---
 server/app.py | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index a93f779..f97e2d6 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 # Allow for CORS from localhost:5173
 CORS(app, resources={r"/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:5173"}})
 
+# Global State
+posts_df = None
+comments_df = None
+
 @app.route('/upload', methods=['POST'])
 def upload_data():
     if "posts" not in request.files or "comments" not in request.files:
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ def upload_data():
         return jsonify({"error": "Invalid file type. Only .jsonl files are allowed."}), 400
     
     try:
+        global posts_df, comments_df
         posts_df = pd.read_json(post_file, lines=True)
         comments_df = pd.read_json(comment_file, lines=True)
     except ValueError as e:
@@ -31,5 +36,45 @@ def upload_data():
     
     return jsonify({"message": "File uploaded successfully", "posts_count": len(posts_df), "comments_count": len(comments_df)}), 200
 
+@app.route('/stats/posts_per_day', methods=['GET'])
+def posts_per_day():
+    if posts_df is None:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No data uploaded"}), 400
+
+    try:
+        posts_df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(posts_df['timestamp'], unit='s').dt.date
+        posts_per_day = (
+            posts_df
+            .groupby('date')
+            .size()
+            .reset_index(name='posts_count')
+        )
+    except ValueError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": f"Malformed or missing data: {str(e)}"}), 400
+    except Exception as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": f"An unexpected error occurred: {str(e)}"}), 500
+
+    return jsonify(posts_per_day.to_dict(orient='records')), 200
+    
+@app.route('/stats/comments_per_day', methods=['GET'])
+def comments_per_day():
+    if comments_df is None:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No data uploaded"}), 400
+
+    try:
+        comments_df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(comments_df['timestamp'], unit='s').dt.date
+        comments_per_day = (
+            comments_df
+            .groupby('date')
+            .size()
+            .reset_index(name='comments_count')
+        )
+    except ValueError as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": f"Malformed or missing data: {str(e)}"}), 400
+    except Exception as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": f"An unexpected error occurred: {str(e)}"}), 500
+
+    return jsonify(comments_per_day.to_dict(orient='records')), 200
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(debug=True)
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